The Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Diabetes2 Patients

 diabetes2 is one of the most common chronic and progressive metabolic diseases in the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate The Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Type 2 diabetes patients.

 This study was a quasi-experimental study using a pretest-posttest-control design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all type 2 diabetics in Yazd in 1398. Using convenience sampling method, 22 individuals were selected and randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control). Participants responded to the standard Levibond Anxiety, Stress and Depression Inventory in pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The experimental group received group reality therapy for two months, two sessions per week for 8 months, 90 minutes. Finally, the data were analyzed by repeated measure at the significant level of 0.05. 

 The results showed that the mean scores of depression, anxiety and stress in the experimental group were significantly decreased in the post-test compared to the control group and this decrease remained stable at the follow-up (p <0.001). 

 Based on the results of this study, group reality therapy can be considered as an effective intervention method in reducing the psychological problems of type 2 diabetes mellitus